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Wakefern Testing Robot Delivery in Pennsylvania

Multichannel Merchant

is testing robot delivery at two ShopRite stores in Pennsylvania as retailers continue to explore automated options for augmenting traditional methods to make e-grocery fulfillment faster and more efficient. They are also being used in partnership with Vroom Delivery and Urban Value Corner Store Dallas, as well as by Safeway.

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Introducing the Journal of Operations Management (Guest Post by the Editors-in-Chief)

SCM Research

It is one of the OM-SCM focused empirical journals used by both the Financial Times in its rankings of Business Schools as well as by the University of Texas at Dallas in its assessment of scholarship. Daniel Guide is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University.

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National Logistics Day™ 2022

Enterra Insights

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued a House Resolution naming National Logistics Day as an official state holiday; the States of Ohio and South Carolina both issued formal proclamations; and with the support of Congressman Kelly, the U.S. ” Michigan State University, 30 October 2020. [3] But that was not the only support.

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The 7 Best Events For Freight Shipping in 2015

GlobalTranz

13th Annual American Supply Chain and Logistics Summit Dallas, Texas; September 29-October 1. 2015 ATA Management Conference and Exhibition Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; October 17-20. The FTR Transportation Conference is a can’t-miss for anyone who’s wondering how to bring their fleet, or freight brokerage, forward into the future.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Pennsylvania. Like many other states in the humid continental climate zone, Pennsylvania has a warm- month growing season, which pushes its harvest and peak produce season into early fall. To better identify the fluctuations in the Texas market, we are dividing it into two regions—the Laredo area and the greater Dallas area.

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Booming Oil Industry Boosts Flatbed Demand

DAT Solutions

Farther north, outbound flatbed rates in Dallas are up 5% for the month. Demand has been weaker in Florida and Pennsylvania this month. Houston is the number 1 market for flatbed loads, and volumes have improved there, even though rates haven’t followed suit yet. Rock Island, IL, to Minneapolis rose at an average of $3.71/mile.

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Van Freight Volume Edges Up, as Rates Lag

DAT Solutions

Some individual markets offered a lot of loads , and trucks were relatively scarce, creating opportunities in Southern and Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, Southern Idaho, much of Wisconsin and Indiana, and Western Pennsylvania. Texas had less freight than usual, and a lot more trucks, especially in the Dallas area during the GATS Expo.